GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |